Innovative public-private bridge fund will provide long-term support for one of the world's most vital ecosystems

The threats to polar bears are well known. But roughly of more than 300 species of North American birds, such as the scarlet tanager, already are wintering farther north, some hundreds of miles from their former range.

Plastic sheet types differ in structure, shape, cellular built and molecular bonds with each other. Flexibility also defers between various types of plastic sheets.

Full Extent of Heavy Metal Contamination in Exxon Oil Spill Still Unknown Levels of manganese, a neurotoxin, in the cove and in a nearby creek were 20 or nearly 30 times above the EPA's safety standard for tap water.